Improvement in presses for stamping tickets



No. 36,263. Y PATENTBD 00T. 28, i1862.

' G. BAILEY. y

PRESS POR STAMPING TICKETS. w

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Mtns/mx l [t/@hier No. 66,766. j PATENTED 06T. z8, 1662.

. G.BA1LBY.

PRESS FOR STAMPING TICKETS," 6m

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' NITE STATES PATENT `OFFICEy GEORGE BAILEY, 0E BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 369763, dated October23, 1862. I

To all whom it may concern:

Buffalo, Erie county,iNew York, have invented certain new anduseullmprovements -in Hand StampingPresses for Tickets, dto.; and ldohereby' declare that the. following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being made totlie annexeddrawings,making a part of this specification, in which similar letters indicatesimilar parts throughout thedigures.

rlhe object of my invention is, principally,

to insure a more perfectlworking of the inkp l'the pawls are at the endsof two arms, f which project`for'ward`far enough to take into theratchet-teeth; The pin e secures the plate e to a slide-bar, g, whichhas an up-and-(plown ing apparatus, aswell as a convenient method ofchanging dates and numbers in the fixed form 'of types upon the bed ofthe stamp-press.

In the class @stamp-presses upon which my improvements arebased theinlingis effectedl by a ribbon saturated with properly-prepared.'

ink. This-ribbon lies over the type, andthe paper.. being placed `upon`it 'the platenis brought down, and pressure applied to cause the-ink tobegivenoff thepa'per.. As it will `only come off'by pressure,allportionsofthe paper, exceptA over thel type, :remain Vuntouched. vTheribbon is attachedby each end to two drums, winding from one-off tothened` until all the ribbon' is transferred 'from one drum totheother.` A certain mechanism then comes into play and effects areversion,

so thatv the empty drum now begins :to windl from the fulll one, and soon .until the ink is4 completely exhausted, when .a new ribbon` 'pawlsis effected isasfollows: Thenking-rib- In.l `liig. 1. the ribbon isshown as about equally must be introduced. Y l

The letters ,aand b represent 'the drums' upon-which' the `inking ribbonis wound;- These are supported npon'aframe placed within the base-plateof the stamp and` revolve: beeaththerbed.; Each drum has a withc.

ratchet-wheel cid, attacliedtth'e notches of which are cutiny oppositedirections. Between these ratchet-wheels a're two pawlsaffixed to. l theopposite ends of a vibrating plate in such manner` that when one vpawlis engagedthe oppositewill'be disengaged, and it` is bythe shifting'ofthese pawls from one ratchet-wheel to the other't-hat theinking-ribbon'is made to travel back and'forth,'asvdescribed, vAt e isshown theplate Vvibrating upon a pin,` as e. The pawls'ar'e at f and f',Figs. i3 and (i. rI he plate e is placed backof the ratchet-wheels,l asseen -infFig, '6 in section. Consequently motion given toit bythe act ofstamping.

.The slide-'bar is shown detached inA Fig. 5. l When forced down, it isagainst the pressure of two springs, h, the recoil of which raisesit'agaiii As c' is carried up, one of the ratchetwheels. (according -towhich of the pawlsis engaged) will be moved Ione notch, In' vthedrawings the rat'ehet4whee1d is that one being operated upon by thevpawl f.

At h2 and h are two back catches or stops 'to hold the ratchet-'wheelsin position. The

stop` is a-pin affixed to the sidev of a hooked lever, i' ,-eacli forkedlend being placed in the path of one ofthe pawls, so that when thepa'wlsare engaged or disengaged they will effect the like operation forthe stops, since the stop `must bed'rsengaged from that ratchet and drumfrom which,v the ribbon is being unwound, as'seen in the' ratchetc. Theplate e, it will be seen, -inclines toward the ratchet d,

' thus engaging the. pawlf. vIt i's now made to incline toward the4ratchet c, .and as this change is produced on the downstroke ofthe.pawl-plate the armf,V Fig. i6, 'will strike the fork i, Figs'.-^1'and3, and disengage the steph', while on the upstroke the arm tothe `pawl fwill strike the fork i and engage the lstop h The means: by which theshifting of nie bon is shown at la in the-several gures.

divided on'the-druins 'a and b; and is 'being unwoundfroml c in thedirectionof b. In

lligL` 3 it is shown as being all on drum b, and

'm in Fig. 6, through which the ribbon k passes on its way from one drumto the other.y

i The two arms on the other side of the axis-pin stand' nearly vertical,as shown at 'n and n.

From the lower end of these a pin projects back as far as the plate e,as seen at n, Fig. 6. lThe plate e has two arms branching from its upperend, as seen ato and o', Fig. 3. These arms stand directly over the pin4n in the cranked levers, and would strike said pinsat every descentofthe plate e were they not kept out of the Way by the inking-ribbon solong as there is any on both drums; but so soon as either drum isunwound the pin n, Fig. 6, on one of the cranked levers interferes withthe the arms o and immediately effects the shifting of the pawl to theratchet-wheel attached to the empty drums, and thus reverses the motion.As the plate e inclines from the pert pendicular when either'pawl isengaged, there must be some ccntrivance to keep it in position. At p,Fig. 6, a bent pin is shown extending from lthe back. `The crooked endof the 'pin acts upon springs, p', on the end of.

which there is an angle-piece, shaped as seen in Fig. 7. The plate isthus kept inclined'iu either direction, according t0 which side of thelspring po the pin p stands.

g, as seen vinFig. 2, the slide keeping the. handle always elevated bythe force of thecoil-springs h. `The operation of this por.-

tion of the stamp is as follows: Theticket, letter, or other article onwhich*` the impression is to'be made is laid lightly on the inkingribbonwhich overlies the forni of types. The.

lever q is-then brought down by'means of a smart blow given by the palmof the hand upon the knob s, so as te cause the face of the platen g tobe brought down upon the paper The ink from the with the requisiteforce. ribbon will then be given off to the paper Wherever it receivespressure, and as this is only on the surface of the types the lettersare thereby printed. The bringing down`l of the lever causes the slide gto desend, erm-yingl down the paWl-plate e, and causing the pawl f or f,as case may be, to engage a-ratchettooth; The hand being raised from theknob, theupward movement ofthe slide takes place, and the ratchet-wheelis accordingly moved one notch, and the inking-ribbon receivesaccordingly a slight ino'vementpast the typefbed. The proper tension ofthe ribbon is effected by the force required to turn ,thedrum fromwhich-it is being unwennd, and which tension is regulated byairiction-spriug or other equivalentdeviee. As the ribbonis beingu'nwound the shifting-lever gradually approaches the center, since thediameter of the roll diminishes until all is unrolled, as shown in Fig.3, when the stop n on the cranked end n will stand directly lin therpatho'f--the travel of the arm c, so that at the next downstroire of thestamp that arm will strike and shift the plate e, causingthe pawl f tobe disengaged from d', and pawl f to engagea, shifting at the same timethe back checks h and 7L, as already de scribed. The inking-'ribbonviii? then unwind from '11, while being rewound on a. This goes onuntilthe arm n of the opposite cranked lever is brought into range with thearm o',

which takes place as soon as the drum?) is empty and the pawlsareshifted, as already described. l

The type on the bed of the machine, except' those for the dates, is'usually a form of xed matter, as a stereotype or electrotype, lusing-vcommonly a business card of the party using'4 .the stamp, and is heldinplace in an opening in the bed, as seenat a" in section, FigQZ. As

the days of the month require to be removed convenient te have the typefor these on revolving wheel, and such a wheel is shown at t in Figs. l,2, t. The types forl the months,

are on a separate wheel, while these i'or the numbers "of .da-ys. of themonth are en two others, as att' tf', all revolving on one axis.

, of the type-wheels.

The type are on arms placed radially from' the circumference of thewheels, as shown. 0n the stereotype-plate o' there is an openingby whichl,these movable type are inserted and removed, as shown in Fig. 2. Thisis aecomplished by raising and lowering the-,typewheels on theiraxis-pin. The type-wheels are suspended between the .plates u, standingparallel and framed together. This frame is screwed to the under side'-ofl they bed-plate im such manner that the type-Wheels will be directlyunder the opening in the stereotypeplate, esshown in Fig.l 2. The'type-'wheels are raised and lowered by a pair of crankshaped plates, w.The axis-.pin of t is heldby these crank-plates, as-shown at w', Fig. 4,while,l its two ends project through a guide-slot, zr, in the plates fw.The crank-shaft e is also held in the-plate u.

In Figs. 2 and 4 are shown the two-positions In Fig. 2 it is representedraised, with a set of types on the arms elevated into place yin thestereotype plate. In Fig, t itis shown lowered, and when so loweredthelegs of the crank w are moved -froml their perpendicular positionbetween the plates u and turn on the crank-shaft rv'. The typewheelsthen stand clear of the'stercotype-plate and can be freely revolved.

In order to set the type, turn the wheelhaving the names of the monthsupon `it until-the proper one is under the opening in the typeplate r.

Across the bottom of the plate u there is a bar, which slides up anddown and forms a gage'- plate and loekingbar to k p\ e cranks inposition when the type-wheelsare up. The bar is shown at y, and itplaysfih a slot in the frame u, and is heldin position by aclamping-nut, '1, Fig. l, which serewsintoa piece turned upagainst theside of u. The loosening of this nut allows the bar to move up and down.In the end of the crank wat w, Fig. 4,- is also a slot, as shown. Whenthe typewheel is raised, this slot comes in line with that in it, thebar being first lowered out of -the way. rIhe bar is then raised andenters w, and, being held by the elamp nut, the `typewheel is firmlyheld in position. To use the bar as a gage, the type-wheels having beenvlowered, as in Fi 4, the bar y is raised again in the slots in a. Thedifferent wheels are then turned until the type for the month and thenumbers indicating the day of the month are brought to a near positionto the openingin the, stereotypeplate 1'. The series of arms directlyopposite to these are next brought to bear against the bar y, and thisbrings the Next, move the number until the -V proper combination isfound to give the date.

arms on the three wheels in aline, so that the I type above will readilyenter` the type-plate on the raising of the wheel.

At z, Fig. 2, is shown a guideplate screwed to the bed back of the formof type, and in such manner that it can be brought to or from it, asdesired. The object of this plate is simply to secure the printing to bedone onv 'inking-ribbon, a set of numbering` or dating' type-wheelsarranged and operating substantially in the manner set forth.

In witness whereof' I have hereunto sub scribed my name.

' GEO. BAILEY. Witnesses:

J. P. PINssoN, S. H. MAYNARD.

